Causes of urge incontinence · drinking too much alcohol or caffeine · not drinking enough fluids – this can cause strong, concentrated urine to collect in your ...SkiptomaincontentHomeHealthAtoZUrinaryincontinenceBacktoUrinaryincontinenceCauses-UrinaryincontinenceContentsOverviewSymptomsCausesDiagnosisNon-surgicaltreatmentSurgeryandproceduresIncontinenceproducts10waystostopleaksUrinaryincontinenceiswhenthenormalprocessofstoringandpassingurineisdisrupted.Thiscanhappenforseveralreasons.Certainfactorsmayalsoincreaseyourchanceofdevelopingurinaryincontinence.Someofthepossiblecausesleadtoshort-termurinaryincontinence,whileothersmaycausealong-termproblem.Ifthecausecanbetreated,thismaycureyourincontinence.CausesofstressincontinenceStressincontinenceiswhenthepressureinsideyourbladderasitfillswithurinebecomesgreaterthanthestrengthofyoururethratostayclosed.Yoururethraisthetubethaturinepassesthroughtoleavethebody.Anysuddenextrapressureonyourbladder,suchaslaughingorsneezing,cancauseurinetoleakoutofyoururethraifyouhavestressincontinence.Yoururethramaynotbeabletostayclosedifthemusclesinyourpelvis(pelvicfloormuscles)areweakordamaged,orifyoururethralsphincter–theringofmusclethatkeepstheurethraclosed–isdamaged.Problemswiththesemusclesmaybecausedby:damageduringchildbirth–particularlyifyourbabywasbornvaginally,ratherthanbycaesareansectionincreasedpressureonyourtummy–forexample,becauseyouarepregnantorobesedamagetothebladderornearbyareaduringsurgery–suchastheremovalofthewomb(hysterectomy),orremovaloftheprostateglandneurologicalconditionsthataffectthebrainandspinalcord,suchasParkinson'sdiseaseormultiplesclerosiscertainconnectivetissuedisorderssuchasEhlers-DanlossyndromecertainmedicinesCausesofurgeincontinenceTheurgentandfrequentneedtopassurinecanbecausedbyaproblemwiththedetrusormusclesinthewallsofyourbladder.Thedetrusormusclesrelaxtoallowthebladdertofillwithurine,thencontractwhenyougotothetoilettolettheurineout.Sometimesthedetrusormusclescontracttoooften,creatinganurgentneedtogotothetoile